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UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), a department of the United Nations Secretariat, is mandated to promote and protect the enjoyment and full realization, by all people, of all rights established in the Charter of the United Nations and in international human rights laws and treaties. The mandate includes preventing human rights violations, securing respect for all human rights, promoting international cooperation to protect human rights, coordinating related activities throughout the United Nations, and strengthening and streamlining the United Nations system in the field of human rights. In addition to its mandated responsibilities, the Office leads efforts to integrate a human rights approach within all work carried out by United Nations agencies.  Website: www.ohchr.org/english/
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Preliminary Human Rights Assessment on Somalia 19 July to 2 August 2008 - Mission Report

2 August 2008 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Mission Reports

Fact Sheet No. 32, Human Rights, Terrorism and Counter-terrorism

July 2008 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

2007 Report: activities and results

April 2008 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Annual Reports

Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme. A Handbook for Civil Society

2008 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

2008 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Annual Reports

Claiming the Millennium Development Goals: A human rights approach

2008 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Annual Report 2006

2007 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Annual Reports

Good Governance Practices for the Protection of Human Rights

2007 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

2007 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Fact Sheet No. 24 (Rev.1), The International Convention on Migrant Workers and its Committee

May 2006 | Publisher: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

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